{bemSw S\p¯v f^kn¨Sm]n^p¶p. Fjpt¶Â¡m³ sI_ns]m^p fXn DÅn kn^nªp. bpS¸n ko*pw Ip^p*v NnX¡p¶SnWnX]n bqKmfp_n]n Wn¶pw Inä]psX NoÀ¯Ww tN«Sv. Mm³ D\À¶p NnX¶v B hz^ fmVp^yw hzbvWmXWw tbms` {lkn¨p.

hSy¯n NoÀ¯Ww B`bWw tN«v, HmXn sI¶p Inäs] sN«o¸nXn¡\w Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶ns]¦n`pw St` UnkÊs¯ Nm^y§Ä HmÀ¯t¸mÄ Aks^ AenfpOoN^n¡p¶Sn H^p I½Â tSm¶n.

Inä¡v Fs¶]pw AenfpOoN^n¡m³ kngfw D*mNptfm F¶ In´ F¶n sNmXpdn^nsNm*p.

H^p bs£ C¶`s¯ Nmfw C¶pw B l^o^¯n SpXn¡p¶p*mNptfm ???.

F§nsW]m\v ASnsW b^o£n¡pN F¶SnsW Np_n¨v Mm³ PiWfm]n In´n¨p NnX¶p. A§sW In´n¡p¶SnWnX]n F³s_ Np®Np«³ S`sbm¡n]Sv MmW_nªp. hSy¯n Mm³ In´n¨Sv fsäm¶m\v F¦n`pw Np® S` sbm¡n]t¸mÄ FWn¡v km\w AXn¡mSn^n¡msS fmÀ¤fnÃmsS]m]n.

Mm³ Inä]psX AXn khv{Sw FXp¯v Smt`m`n¡m³ SpX§n. B f\w CWn]pw AX§n«nÃ. ASv fW¯psNm*v Np® Np«sW SjpNm³ SpX§n.

F³s_ Np® koÀ¡p¶Sv N*v Mm³ Ss¶ ASnl]n¨p tbm]n. ASv hmVm^\]m]n Nm\p¶SntW¡mÄ D±^n¨o^n¡p¶p. C^pdp`¡ tbms` Wn¡p¶ Np®]psX kl§ans` M^dpNÄ kÃmsS koÀ¯v Wn¡p¶p. fNpXw Ipk¶v ^àw Ioäpsf¶ AkØ]m\v. A¶m\v FWn¡v BUyfm]n F³s_ Np®s] N*t¸mÄ hzenfmWw tSm¶n]Sv. Mm³ F³s_ Np®s] Np`p¡m³ SpX§n.

sbs«¶m\v Inä WX¶v k^p¶ lÐw Mm³ tN«Sv. tkPw H^p bpS¸v WoÀ¯nsNm*v bpS¨v NnX¶p. Culz^m Inä]psX fmUN l^o^w N*m Np® sbm«n sS_n¡ptfm F¶v tbm`pw Mm³ B hf]¯v e]¶v tbm]n.

“”…Wo Fjps¶«ntà …N®m…F´p_¡fm CSv…..””.

Inä Ft¶mXv hvtWit¯msX lNm^n¨psNm*v Im^n]n« kmSn Sp_¶v k¶p.

“”…Fjps¶Âs¡Xm…N®m…””. k¶¸msX F³s_ bpS¸v k`n¨v fmän.

sNmXndn^nsNm*v Wn¡p¶ F³s_ Np® N*Spw Inä]psX lzmhw A¸tW^t¯¡v Wn`¨p. Inä¡v ASv N*v Wn¡\sf¶pw AtSmsXm¸w Sn^nªv WX¡\sf¶pw DÅ In´]n AW§msS AkÀ AknsX Ss¶ Wn¶p.

Inä AknsX Wn¶v fm_p¶nsöv N* Mm³ Inä]psX ssN¯*]n bnXn¨v N«n`nt`¡v C^p¯n. B fmUN l^o^¯ns` f¯v bnXn¸n¡p¶ PÔw Fs¶ kÃmsS k`¨p.

Inä F³s_ fpO¯pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np®]n`pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n. B N®pNan Wm\fà kn^n]p¶Sv Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ ssV^yw hwe^n¨v Inä]psX CXSvssN¿nsW F³s_ Np®]psX tfs` k¨p.

A´^o£¯n NYnWm] WnlÏS D_ªpNqXn.

F³s_ ssNNÄ ^*pw Inä]psX I´n]n bSps¡ SjpNn. Inä Np_¨v tW^w A§sW C^p¶p. At¸mjm\v St` UnkÊw Mm³ AXnt¨mjn¨ km\¯nsâ kr¯w tbms`]pÅ N_ Inä sdZv goän N*Sv. ASn kn^t`mXn¨v Inä Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ I½t`msX S` Sn^n¨p.

“”….AsS Cu sdZv goän AVnNw N_]m¡msS Fjpt¶Â¡m³ tWm¡v…C¶v NX]psX N^mÀ FjpSmWpÅStÃ….””.

Inä A^hnNs] tbms` b_ªpsNm*v Fjpt¶äp fp_n¡v bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. Inä Np_¨v tW^w NqsX AknsX C^ps¶¦n Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶nt¸m]n B Wnfngw. F´pb_]m³, MmWpw F³s_ Np®]pw Caney^m]n sk_psS tft`¡v tWm¡n]n^p¶p. AfÀgw fWÊn So sN«n ks¶¦n`pw Mm³ ASnsW AX¡n¸nXn¨v NnX¡]n Wns¶jpt¶äp.

Nn\äpN^]n N^]n Wn¶v bÃv tS¡ptdmjpw F³s_ N®v A½n]n N_n¡m]n Nq«v A^¨psNm*n^n¡p¶ Inä]n Ss¶]m]n^p¶p. A¸w NpWnªv Wn¶v A½n]n A^¡q¶ Inä]psX BhWw bp_Nnt`¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A½nNpjs] Wn^¡p¶SntWm¸w B fmUN k]À NnX¶v Spapdp¶p. fmhvf^oNfm] B Nmjv¨ Fs¶ kÃmsS tfmin¸n¨p.

Mm³ tkPw bÃv tS¸v Njn¨v Npanfp_n]n N]_n kmSn`X¨p. F¶ns` Sn^]na¡w AkÊmWn¨o«p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Mm³ kmSn`nsâ Pym¸n`qsX Inä]psX AwP`mk\yw tWm¡n. Wà fpjp¯ fp`NÄ sI_pSm]n BXp¶pt*m Fs¶Wn¡v H^p hwl]w tSm¶n. Mm³ hm^n]psX CX]n`qsX N®nsW sNm*ptbm]n. B fp`IqXv H¶Wpekn¡m³ Njnªo^ps¶¦n F¶v Mm³ sNmSn¨p tbm]n. BhzmUWw AVnNw Wo*p Wn¶nÃ. At¸mtj¡pw Inä A^¸psfXp¯v AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n.

Wn^mlt]msX Npan¡mWm]n Mm³ S`]n skÅsfmjn¨p. S\p¯ skÅw ko\t¸mÄ IqXm]n^p¶ Nmfw AX§n. NpanNjnªp tSmÀ¯n] tlgw tk\sf¶v knIm^n¨v fp*nWv bN^w tSmÀs¯Xp¯v DXp¯p. Inä¡v tSmÀ¯n³s_ CX]n`qsX F³s_ Np® Np«³ Nt*ms« F¶ In´]m]n^p¶p ASnWv bp_NnÂ.

Mm³ Npan Njnªv AXp¡aemPt¯¡v N]_ptdmÄ Inä A^n¡`w kmÀ¡mWm]n Wn`¯v k¨n^n¡p¶ bm{S¯n sI^n¨v k]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p. C§sW]pÅ hf]§an bm{Sw sS¶n tbmNmSn^n¡mWpÅ CX]n k]v¡p¶ ¥mÊv Mm³ k¨v sNmXp¡m_p*v. ^*pssN¿pw A^nN`¯n bnXn¨o^n¡p¶ Inä¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AsS¶pw H^mlzmhfm]n^p¶p.

“”…Intä Mm³ him]n¡t\m….””.

“”….B B ¥mÊv H¶v kt¨….””.

Inä Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ sI¶v AXp¯pÅ ¥mÊv FXp¯v A¸w AXp¯v Wn¶v k]v¡m³ tWm¡n. Inä]psX f\w AXn¨ F³s_ N¼nNp«³ D±^n¨v tSmÀ¯v fp*n Wn¶pw bp_¯v ImXn. ¥mÊv k]v¡p¶Sv l^n]mkp¶nà F¶ f«n Mm³ S¯nNan¨p. CtS hf]w sNm*v Mm³ F³s_ Np®]psX Sp¼v FXp¯v Inä]psX sIkn]n sSmXo¨p. FWn¡v Wà hpOw tSm¶n.

“”….A¶¯nsâ fp¶n`mt\m Wn³s_ tPmãnNÄ ,,,f^ymU¡v k]v¡p¶ps*¦n sk¡zm….””.

Inä IqXm]n. Ak^psX tUzgyw FWn¡_n]mkp¶SnWm tkP¯n ¥mÊv Sn^pNn¡]änsk¨v sbs«¶v Mm³ Sn^n¨v WX¶p. fp_n]ns`¯n Inä A`¡n tS¨v k¨ gÀ«pw bmâpw V^n¨p {bmS Njn¡m³ ko*pw AXp¡a]ns` tfl]n k¶n^p¶p.

Inä tUml IqtXmsX kna¼n]Sv sbs«¶v Njn¨v SoÀ¯v ssN NjpNm³ Fjpt¶äp. At¸mÄ Inä Ip« tks_ tUml]pfm]n k^p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”…N®m Hs^®w NqXn….””.

“”…Hm …tk*m…..””.

Mm³ b_ªt¸mÄ Inä¡v kngffm]n. Mm³ ASv Nm^yfm¡msS ssN NjpNn fp³ klt¯¡v WX¶p.

Mm³ AXp¯ sk«n Wn¶pw NXsfXp¯ ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp.

“”….Intä …Mm³ Np_¨v Njnªm k^pw …Inä ]m{S]m]n C^n¡\w….””.

Inä]psX f_pbXn¡m]n Wn¡msS Mm³ ssd¡psfXp¯v NX]psX Hm\À At´m\n¨³s_ ko«nt`¡v kn«p. bp©bmX¯nsâ WXpkn`qsX ssd¡nsW Mm³ b_¯n kn«p.

At´m\n¨³ koXnsâ D½_¯v Ss¶ Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p.

k¶p tN_n] klw A]mÄ F³s_ Inä FknsX F¶v Sn^¡n. NÅ NnakWv tIm^]qämWm]n^p¶p. ko*pw B^m]m³ Wn¶ tW^w A]mapsX em^y ^wPt¯¡v k¶t¸mÄ A]mÄ ASv knjp§n.

Mm³ A]mapsX em^ys] kÃm¯ kga³ ¨pkt]msX tWm¡n. Inäs] A]mÄ Nm^yfm]n AtWzgn¨¯nsâ {bSnNm^ WXbXn]m]n^p¶p F³s_ tWm«w.

“”….. F¶m km N®m …..Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ BVm^w FjpSpt¶mX¡v tbmNmw….””.

F³s_ tWm«¯nsâ AÀ°w fWÊn`m¡n] At´m\n¨³ Sn^¡v Nq«n.

A]msa]pw sNm*v Mm³ BVm^sfjp¯v HmcoÊn tbm]n N^mÀ FjpSn]p*m¡n. ASn Mm³ H¸n«m`pw fSns]¶v BVm^sfjp¯pNm^³ b_ªt¸mÄ At´m\n¨³s_ N®n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv U]Wo] emkw kn^n]p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. FWn¡v In^n]m\v k¶sS¦n`pw MmWSv HSp¡n.

F´m]m`pw A_pbnlp¡³ B] At´m\n¨³ Inä]psX fmUN shu´^yw CX]v¡nsX Nm\mftÃm F¶SnWn`mNpw kmXN]pw AZzm³hpw Np_¨Sv F¶pÅ Nm^yw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Cu tIm^NpXn¡p¶ A«s] NX]nt`¡v AXp¸n¡^psS¶pÅ Nm^yw Mm³ fWÊn` D_¸n¨p.

dm¦n Mm³ A]msa]pw Nq«n tbm]n sNmXp¡mWpÅ AZzm³hv SpN As¡u*n Wn¶v bn³k`n¨v sNmXp¯p. CSnWnX]n dm¦v fmtWKÀ Fs¶ NymdnWnt`¡v knan¸n¨p. A]msa N* At´m\n¨³ dm¦n AX¡mWpÅ NpXnÈnNs] bän dm¦v fmtWKÀ tImUn¨mtÃm F¶v knIm^n¨v bns¶ Nm\mw F¶v b_ªp bp_t¯¡n_§n.

NymdnWn C^nt¡* Smfhw dm¦v fmtWK^pw Sn^¡n]Sv F³s_ Inäs] Np_n¨v Ss¶. FWn¡ms\¦n sIm_nªp N]_n ks¶¦n`pw Mm³ ASX¡n]n^p¶p. Sn^¡ps*¶p b_ªp Mm³ tkP¯n C_§n. Mm³ Inä¡v tcm¬ sI]vSv Nm^y§Ä Hs¡ b_ªp. Inä]psX hwhm^¯n Ft´m sI_n] sPu^kw AX§o^n¡p¶p Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n. ASnWm Nm^y§Ä fm{Sw b_ªv Mm³ tcm¬ k¨p.

dm¦n Wn¶v AVnN Uq^fnà bpSn]Sm]n NX SpX§pkmWm]n FXp¯ Ø`t¯¡v. Mm³ AknsX sIÃptdmtj¡pw At´m\n¨³ Smt¡m`pfm]n AknsX Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p. hSy¯n NX fp_n Mm³ BUyfm]m\v Nm\p¶Sv Ss¶. Hä fp_n]msW¦n`pw ASymknlyw knlm`fm] NX]m]n^p¶p. bp_Nnt`¡v sI_n] k^m´]pw ASnWXp¯v H^p tXm]ns`äpw D*m]n^p¶p. k`n] D]^fpÅ fSn`m\v bp_Nn DÅSv. NX]pw fSn`nsâ]pw CX]n Wà bpÂSNnXn k¨v bnXn¸n¨o^n¡p¶Sv N*p. NX]psX fp¶n A`¦m^¯nWv bnXn¸n¨¯nsâ dm¡n]ms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. AÃmsS Cu bnlp¡³ At´m\n¨³ C§sW sI¿psf¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ. A]mapsX AXp¯v Wn¶v Imkn km§n Mm³ NX bq«n ssds¡Xp¯v bpj¡^]nt`¡v bmªp. k`n] So^pfmW§Ä H¶pw F³s_ KoknS¯n FXpt¡*n k¶nsæn`pw Ct¸mÄ Np_¨v tW^w In´n¨v So^pfmW§Ä FXps¡*SnWm ASnWv bän] Ø`w bpj¡^]ms\¶v Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶o^p¶p.

Mm³ sfmssd FXp¯v NXNapsX tfmtZ¬ Cân^n]À Znssh³hv tWm¡n bYn¨p. NqXmsS khv{S§Ä sfm¯fm]n kn`Np_knWv WÂNp¶ Zo`Àfm^psX As{ZÊv FXp¯v e{Ufm]n thkv sI]vSp.

sbs«¶m\v sfmssd In`¨Sv. PwP]m]n^p¶p f_pS`¡Â. Aksa Inä NX fp_n N^mÀ FjpSns]¶v Inä knan¨v b_ªSnWm AkÄ AknsX Wn¶v bp_s¸XpN]ms\¶v knan¨v b_ªp. AXp¯pÅ b«\¯n kÀ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hwdÔn¨v DÅSnWm A^f\n¡q_nWNw F¯psf¶v b_ªp. Mm³ dÊv– Ìm³Zn Nm\psf¶v b_ªp hwemg\w N«v sI]vSp.

bpjN^]n Wn¶Xn¡p¶ S\p¯ NmänWm Mm³ PwPs]¶ hpµ^n]m] sb®nsâ ^qbw fWÊnt`¡v InNªpk¶p. C^n¡s¸m_pSn WãvXs¸« Mm³ tkPw ssd¡psfXp¯v dÊv– Ìm³Znt`¡v bp_s¸«p.

b_ª hf]w Njnªn«pw PwPs] Nm\mWnÃm¯SnWm Mm³ knan¡mWm]n tcm¬ FXp¯Spw AkapsX tNmÄ FWn¡v k¶Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p. Mm³ dÊv– Ìm³Zn Dt*m F¶v Sn^¡mWm]n^p¶p AkÄ knan¨Sv. Mm³ Aksa Nm¯v dÊv– Ìm³Zn Ss¶ Ds*¶p b_ªt¸mÄ AknsX Wn¶v H^p Blzmhw D]^p¶Sv tN«p.

dÊv– AVnNsfm¶pw hf]sfXp¡msSs]¯n. k`n] Sn^¡nÃm¯SnWm sbs«¶v M§Ä¡v b^hvb^w Nm\mWm]n. Np_¨v k`n] tSmÄ dmPv bnXn¨v AkÄ F³s_ A^nNnt`¡v WX¶p.

Mm³ PwP]psX BNm^s¯ sfm¯fm]n ko£n¨p. AVnNw D]^fntæn`pw sW©akpw A^s¡«nsâ kymhkpw Bkly¯nt`s_]p*v SmWpw. A^s¡«nWpw sW©nWpfnX]ns` Wmen{btUlw Wà BNrSn]n HSp§n NnX¡p¶SpfmNp¶p. C¯^w AakpNÄ Wà t{bm¬ sshäns` bX§an fm{Sw N*o«pÅ Mm³ sbs«¶v Ss¶ NmfknklWm]n. sSm*]n skÅw känSpX§n Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. AVnN tW^w PwP]psX BNm^ ewPn BhzUn¨m A_n]msS§mWpw tN_n¸nXn¡ptfm F¶ptbm`pw e]s¸«p.

“”….F´m N®m C§sW tWm¡n Wn¡pt¶…BUyfm]n Nm\p¶tbms` ….tR….””.

PwP]psX sbs«¶pÅ tImUyw Fs¶ kÃmsS k`¨p. Mm³ BhzUn¨Sv Cksa§mWpw Sn^n¨_nªn«p*mNptfm F¶ e]w tW^n]Sm]n F¶n bXÀ¶p.

“”….G]v–…A¶p N*SntW¡mapw Ft´m H^p fmäw tbms` tSm¶Â AsS´m\v F¶_n]m³ tWm¡n]Sm…..””.

“”……tim…AtSm …ASv Mm³ fpXn sk«n Ip^p¡n….””.

Pwt¤¨n S` sI^n¨v Nm\n¨v S¶p. Wà CXSqÀ¶Spw WoafpÅSpfm] fpXns] sk«nNaªSntWmXv At´m FWn¡v A{S bTyw tSm¶n]nÃ.

“”…fpXn DÅSm]n^p¶p WÃSv….Pwt¤¨o….””.

F³s_ fWÊn`pÅSv Sp_¶v b_ªp. Pwt¤¨n ASv l^n]ms\¶ tbms` S` Np`p¡n.

“”…AsSms¡ F® tS¨v, Wn³s_ Inä fpXns] b^nbm`n¡p¶Sv tbms` FWns¡knsX]m tW^w…..kÀ¡v sshäv C¶nknsX Bs\¦n Wmsa tks_ H^p Ø`¯v…CSnWnX]n fpXns]ms¡ tWm¡m³ bmXm N®m….””.

“”…Mm³ b_ªp¶v fm{Sw…””.

Mm³ Pwt¤¨n]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dmPv km§n ssd¡nsâ Xm¦n k¨v N]_n ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp. {Pmf¯nsâ knlp²n WãvXs¸Xm¯ kjnNan`qsX MmWpw Pwt¤¨n]pw NqXn ssd¡n ko«nt`¡v ]m{S]m]n. kjn]n Np*pw Npjn]pw k^ptdmÄ Pwt¤¨n]psX fp`NÄ F¶n Af^mSn^n¡m³ bSns]]m\v t{d¡v sI]vSSv. hSy¯n FWn¡v B fp`NÄ F³s_ bp_¯v sM^nªp Af^\sf¶ps*¦n`pw Inä]psX Nq«pNm^n]psX fNatà F¶ In´]m\v Fs¶ bn³Sn^n¸n¨Sv. Inä¡v hz´w Nq«pNm^n]psX fNapsX fp¶n H^p fmWtNXp*m¡*.

A§sW M§Ä ko«n F¯n. Inä HmXns]¯n Pwt¤¨ns] hz´w fNsatbms` sN«n¸nXn¨p. C^pk^pw Fs´ms¡t]m kntlg§Ä b_ªpsNm*v ANt¯¡v NX¶ptbm]t¸mÄ Mm³ B dmPpsfXp¯v bSps¡ WX¶p. Pwt¤¨n]psX dmPnWv Wà em^fp*m]n^p¶SnWm tk¨v tk¨m\v Mm³ WX¶Sv.

WX¡ptdmÄ Mm³ Inä]psX]pw Pwt¤¨n]psX]pw BNm^ ew¤n Mm³ Iqjv–¶p tWm¡n. Inä]psX A{S¡pw sbm¡fnsæn`pw Inäs]¡mÄ l^o^emP§apsX kXnkv Pwt¤¨n¡m]n^p¶p. {btSyNn¨pw WnSwdw. Inä]psX k`pSms\¦n`pw Aks^¡mÄ D]^w Np_ª Pwt¤¨n]psX WnSwdw C^p kl§ant`¡v SÅn]Spw D]À¶Spw BNp¶p. WX¡ptdmÄ ASn³s_ C^p kl§ant`¡pÅ SmaI`W§Ä bpSphÀ¤mßNS Dakm¡p¶p.

Mm³ ASnt`¡v hq£n¨v tWm¡n WX¡p¶ tW^¯m\v Fs¶ Inä Sn^nªv tWm¡n]Sv. Nmfs¯ D±^n¸n¡p¶ Pwt¤¨n]psX ftWmi^fm] BW I´n]n Wn¶v FWn¡v sbs«¶v FWn¡v Nt®Xp¡pkm³ hm²n¨nÃ.

“”….Zm….dmPv Wn³s_ fp_n]n skt¨m…..””.

Mm³ Pwt¤¨n]psX I´n]ns`¡v Sp_n¨v tWm¡n]Sv CãvXs¸XmsS Fs¶ N®p^p«n Nm\n¨v Inä b_ªp.

“”….Hm…””

Mm³ H^p CaneyIn^nt]msX F³s_ fp_n]n dmPv sNm*p k¨p. bp_¯v NnX¡p¶ F³s_ A*Àsk]À Hs¡ fmXns]Xp¯v H^p Nk_n sbmSn]p¶ tW^¯m\v Inä fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n k¶Sv. DÅnt`¡v k¶bmsX sdÍn Ft´m b^Sp¶Sv N*p. Hä tWm«¯n St` UnkÊw Mm³ Inä]n Wn¶v tImUn¨v km§n] Ak^psX Ss¶ sgZo]m\v tWm¡p¶sSs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

“”….Inä CSmt\m tWm¡ps¶…..””.

Mm³ Inä]psX sgZo sbm¡n Nm\n¨p. sbs«¶v k¶ Wm\w f_¨v sI_n] sPu^kw Inä fpO¯v k^p¯n.

“”….ASn§v– Sm N®m…..””.

“”…CSnt¸mÄ F³s_ hz¯m…..A§sWs]m¶pw S^m³ bänÃ….””.

Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B sgZos] f\¯v sNm*v b_ªp. WWkv D\§n] emP¯v sI_n] d`fpÅ bmX bänNnX¡p¶SnWm AknsX A¸w N«n AWpeks¸«p.

“”…N®m Nan¡msS SmXm….ASv NjpNn]nXs«…..””.

“”…S^nà Intä ….. F³s_ ssNb\nsNm*v HjpNn] Inä]psX fUK`w AsÃ….AsSsâ N¿n C^n¡s«….””.

Mm³ ASnsW NpªnsW tbms` Smt`m`n¨v D½NÄsNm*v fqXn. Inä]psX N®pNan Wm\w kÀ®leaSt]msX knXÀ¶p. MmWks^ bSps¡ sN«nk^nªp WnÀ¯n] tlgw Ak^psX k]_n bSps¡ SXkn. CWn]pw AknsX Wn¶m FWn¡v kjt§*n k^pw F¶pÅ Nm^yw Inä Sn^n¨_nªp. WX¡p¶ hwekw fmäm³ tk*n Inä F³s_ sIkn]n WpÅnsNm*v bSps¡ fm_n..

“”…Wo Pwt¤sX I´ot`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n skÅfn_¡n Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶tÃm…..””.

“”….ASv ASv….Intä …..Mm³….””.

“”….Wo F³s_ fmWw Na]ptfm N®m…..””.

“”….Hm …. Mm³ IntäsX fmWw Na]p¶ntÃ…..bns¶ AkÀ¡v Ct§m«v kÃSpw tSm¶n]m Mm³ F´p sI¿pw….””

Inäs] H¶p Npj¸n¡m³ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p. ASv l^n¡pw Np_n¡v sNms*\v Inä]psX fpOw b_ªp.

“”…..A§sW Fs´¦n`pw AkÄ Wnt¶mXv sb^pfm_nt]m…b_ N®m…””.

“”….A§sW D_¸n¨v b_]m³ bänà …. F¶m`pw…””.

“”….Hs^¶m`pw….CÃ….CWn Wo B kjn¡v tWm¡nt¸mN^pSv….Rm…””.

Inä]psX fpOw sI_pSm]n Ipk¶p. B ftWmi^fm] N®pNÄ Np_pSm]n. Mm³ Inä]psX sIkn]psX A^nNns`¯n.

“”….Mm³ Pwt¤¨ns] tWm¡p¶nÃ….bs£ FWn¡v Nm\mWpÅSv Inä Nm\n¨v S^p¶pfnÃ…MmWms\¦nÂ……””.

“”….§pw…….F´m]m`pw Wn³s_ bqSn WX¡nà N®m….””.

“”…..B At¸mÄ Mm³ F³s_ kjn tWm¡pw….Pwt¤¨n¡v Sm`vb^yw Ds*¦nÂ….””.

Mm³ F³s_ Sm`vb^yw b_ªp fpjpkWm¡pw fpt¶ Inä F³s_ tWÀ¡v N®p^p«nsNm*v AXp¯p. CSp ks^]pÅ KoknS¯n Aks^ C{S tUzgy¯n AVnNw Nm\m¯SnWm Mm³ sbs«¶v kÃmsS]m]n. Fs¶ Blzhn¡m³ tbm`pw H^p Wnfngw Wn¡msS Inä bp_t¯¡v WX¶p tbm]n. MmWpw sskNmsS Ss¶ B fp_n]n Wn¶v bp_t¯¡n_§n.

S«pw bp_s¯ F³s_ km]W fp_n]n tbm]n sk_psS ANs` Nm\p¶ b¨¸v– Wn_ª bmXt¯¡v sk_psS tWm¡n Wn¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶pw tk*o^p¶nà F¶v fWÊv b_]p¶ps*¦n`pw fWÊv AX¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ.

Njnª Np_¨v kÀg§am]n N¼nNp«³ sshän Øn^ hmWn²yfm]SnWm AÂbhz¸w NTNÄ FjpSm³ SpX§n]Smt\m FÃm¯nWpw SpX¡wNp_n¨Sv. emkWNÄ ASn³s_ D¨¯n In´NÄ sb^pNp¶Snsâ Nq«¯n Ft¸mjm\mtkm F³s_ hvtWiWnVn]m] Inä fWÊnt`¡v N]_nk¶Sv. Spahn tUkn A´ÀÖWw F¶ sImÆ tUmg¡m^n Inäs] fWÊn ImÀ¯n F{S NTNam\v N¼nNp«Wn bX¨v kn«Sv. km]W¡m^psX Dln^³ NfâpNÄ hSy¯n Fs¶ GtSm H^p t`mNs¯¯n¨o^n¡p¶p. Inäs] Np_n¨pÅ kÀ®emkWNÄ NTNÄ FjpSp¶SntWm¸w Ak^pw F³s_ fWÊnt`¡v fmUN¯z^qbn\n]m]n Ft¶m fWÊn N]_n NqXn. AtSm NTNÄ FjpSp¶SnWv fpt¶ A§sW H^p tfmiw D*m]n^p¶p F¶v Ss¶ tk\w N^pSm³. Asæn km]W¡mÀ b_]p¶ tbms` C{S¡pw ftWmi^fm]n FWn¡v Inäs] knk^n¡m³ Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃtÃm.

“”…N®m…..””.

Inä]psX D_s¡]pÅ knan]m\v Fs¶ In´Nan Wn¶p]À¯n]Sv. Mm³ tkPw bXnNÄ C_§n Smtj¡v sI¶p. AknsX Ndyq«_n Pwt¤¨n]pw AXp¯v Ss¶ Inä]pw Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”…F´p kr¯nsN« sshsäms¡]mXm Wo tWm¡ps¶…..””.

Inä k`n] AfÀgt¯msX Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ Ndyq«_nt`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³ sshäv ASn sSanªp NnX¡p¶p. Pwt¤¨n kà sf]n tWm¡m³ tk*n N]_n] tW^¯m]n^n¡pw ASv N*Sv Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. bs£ B sshäv Ct¸mÄ Mm³ FXp¯Sà Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ bp_¯v tbm] S¡¯nWv Inä ASns` NTNÄ km]n¡m³ FXp¯SmNpw. NÅ In^nt]msX Pwt¤¨n Fs¶ tWm¡nsNm*v bSps¡ hv{NoWnt`¡v tWm¡n]m tW^w Mm³ Inäs] bman tWm¡n. Ak^psX fpOw kÃmsS f§n^n¡p¶p. B fpO¯v Inä]m\v sshäv tWm¡n]Sv F¶ hSyw knan¨v b_]tà F¶ emkw Hanªv NnX¸p*m]n^p¶p.

“”…ASv…ASv…Intä Mm³ sk_psS tWm¡n]Sm……””.

ASn³s_ bmb em^w Mm³ GsäXp¯psNm*v Akt^mXv b_ªp. At¸mjm\v Inä]psX fpOw H¶v sSanªSv. FWns¡m^n¡`pw hvtWi¯nsâ fqÀ¯nemkfm] Inäs] Nm«nsNmXp¡pkm³ fWÊv H^n¡`pw AWpkUn¡pfm]n^p¶nÃ.

“”…Np«n]tÃ…..As¸m CsSms¡ Nm\pw….bp_w ^mKy§an Np«nNÄ¡v shN-vhv FKypt¡g³ WnÀdÔfm]pw bYn¸n¡pw…CknsX AsSm¶pw CÃtÃm…ASm bntÅÀ CSn Wns¶ms¡ bYn¡ps¶…””.

Pwt¤¨n Fs¶ Blzhn¸n¡mWm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªSv B ^wP¯nsâ So{kS Np_¡m³ him]n¨p. ASv F¶n fm{Sfà AtS AWpbmS¯n Inä]psX fmWhoN hwQÀgkpw Np_¨p.

“”…..kn«v Na ….SpaÊn]½m]n…..bntÅ^tÃ….C§sW Hms¡ In` NphrSnNÄ Csæn bnsa^ms\¶v b_]p¶Sn F´m Nm^yw….sI_p¸¯n sIt¿* knNrSnNÄ AkÀ sI_p¸¯n Ss¶ sI¿\w….Atàk`n] Npj¸§Ä AkÀ ka^ptdmÄ sI¿pw…..””.

Ft¶¡mÄ AVnNw k]Êv fq¸nÃm¯ Pwt¤¨n kmIm`]m]n. In` emP§an bntÅs^¶ km¡v Fs¶ sIm_nsª¦n`pw Mm³ knWo]kntV]Wm]n Np«ns] tbms` Wn¶p.

“”….Pwt¤…Wo F´m]m`pw AksWs]m¶p DbtUln¡v…””.C¯^w Nm^y§Ä FWn¡v b_ªv sNmXp¡p¶Sn H^p `nfntäms¡]ntÃ….””.

Inä BßPSsft¶m\w A¸w D¨¯n b_ªp. FWn¡v hSy¯n F´m\v Sn^n¨v b_t]*sS¶v tbm`pw Mm³ f_¶p. F¦n`pw Mm³ Inä]psX tWÀ¡v S` sI^n¨p. Ak^psX fpO¯v Wn¶pw NmÀtfQfqX bmtX fm_o^n¡p¶p. N¼nNp«³ sshäv tWm¡n]Sv B^ms\¶v Hän sNmXp¡m¯SnWm AkÀ¡v Ft¶mXpÅ hvtWikpw Wnj`n¡p¶Sm]n FWn¡v tSm¶n. hSy¯n B hwemg\w Wo«nsNm*ptbmNp¶Sv Pwt¤¨nt]mXv AXp¡mWpÅ AkÊ^w H^p¡n S^pN]mt\m F¶ptbm`pw FWn¡v sbs«¶v tSm¶n.

“”…bns¶ FWn¡v N®tWmXv C¯^w Nm^y§Ä FWn¡v b_ªv sNmXp¡p¶Sn H^p `nfntäms¡]ntÃ….””.

Inä bSps¡ WX¶v M§apsX bp_Nn`pÅ fp_n]n tbm]n. N«n`n C^n¡p¶ Inä]psX fpOw AXp¯pÅ sgÂcns` N®mXn]n`qsX kyàfm]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.

BsN H^p fqNS B ^wP¯n bXÀ¶p. hzStk DuÀÖhz`S {bNmln¸n¡p¶ Pwt¤¨n F³s_ ssN¯*]n S«nsNm*v fqNSs] f_¨p.

“”….Mm³ WnW¡v Np_¨v ZnsshWpNÄ Nm\n¨v S^mw….””.

Pwt¤¨n Ak^psX sf]n Sp_¶v Np_¨v tcmt«mhv Nm\n¨v S¶p. AsSÃmw Mm³ N®pwW«v tWm¡n]n^p¶p. hSy¯n AkÀ b_]p¶sSm¶pw FWn¡v A{S¡v AVnNw fWÊn`m¡n FXp¡pkm³ bäp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. NqXpS tcmt«mhv Nm\n¡mWm]n Ak^psX N¿n`pÅ sb³ss{Zkv hn̯n Np¯mWm]n NpWnªp.

Ip^nUm_nsâ knXkn`qsX Pwt¤¨n]psX fp`NapsX fmUN¯zw FWn¡v {Uylyfm]n. F´pfm{Sw kn^nª fp`Nam\v AkÀ¡v. N®v AknsX Wns¶Xp¡pkm³ knNm^e^nSfm] fWÊv h½Sn¡p¶nÃ. A¸w C^p* Wn_fm\v Pwt¤¨n]psX fp`NÄs¡¦n`pw ASn³s_ fpj¸pw hv{SoKWyfm] hp^en` PÔkpw F³s_ Nmfs¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmXp¼n^nsNmÅn¨p. F³s_ Np®Np«³ bmânsâ DÅn D]À¶ Smb¯m NnX¶p tkkp¶p*m]n^p¶p.

B hf]¯m\v Pwt¤¨n]psX ssNfp«v F³s_ `nwP¯n hvbÀlWw S¶Sv. Ad²¯n hwekn¨Smkmw Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶ns]¦n`pw AkÀ ASnsW bn³k`n¡mWpÅ f«v Nm\p¶nà F¶Sv F¶n k`n] ht´mgkpw ASntW¡mÄ Nmfkpw D\À¯n. Mm³ Ak^psX fp`¡pÅnt`¡v Ss¶ hq£n¨v tWm¡n. Mm³ ASnt`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡p¡]ms\¶v fWÊn`m]o«pw ASnsW fmämsS FWn¡m]n NqXpS {UnlyhpO¯nWm]n H¶p NqsX NpWnªp.

“”…Mm³ him]n¡t\m Pwt¤¨n….””.

Nmfw sNmXpdn^n sNmÃpN]ms\¦n`pw ASv km¡pNan k^msS]n^n¡m³ Mm³ NqXpS HubIm^nNS]n Nm^yw AkS^n¸n¨p.

“”….Wot]m¶v tWm¡v N®m…..””.

Pwt¤¨n]psX hz^kpw kn_sNmÅp¶ptkm Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. Mm³ NpWnªv Ak^psX N¿nt`¡v F³s_ ssNs¿¯n¨p. M§apsX kn^`pNÄ b^hvb^w sSm«t¸mÄ C^pkÀ¡pw sskUypSn]mQmSw Gätbms`]m]n. M§Ä sM«n]Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p.

“”…Mm³ Np¯m³ tWm¡o«v l^n]mkp¶nà N®m….””.

Pwt¤¨n F´ntWm tk*n bmSn hz^¯n sfmjnªp. Ak^psX N®pNÄ GtSm knNm^¯m bmSn SaÀ¶p NnX¡p¶ tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n.

“”…….Pwt¤…Iv..¨o….Mm³ Np¯s«…???””.

I¯ foWn³s_ tbms`]pÅ N®pNan kn^n]p¶ Nmfs¯ tWm¡nsNm*v Mm³ tImUn¨t¸mÄ Ss¶ Ak^n sM«Â D\À¯n. Mm³ bmânWpÅn fpj¨v Wn¡p¶ Np®s] N£¯nW^nNn k¨v St`mXn.

sI_n] fµimht¯msX Pwt¤¨n ssNfp«psNm*v Np«³s_ fp³kls¯ Ak^nt`¡v AXp¸n¨p. kn]À¡p¶ B k`n¸fpÅ N£¯nWXn]ns` fmwhafm] emP¯v F³s_ Np«sW AkÀ ssNfp«psNm*v sM^n¨p. knNm^e^nSfm] B fpiqÀ¯¯n Mm³ sb³ss{Zkv Np¯m³ tbm`pw f_¶p. F³s_ ssNS*s] Mm³ Pwt¤¨n]psX fp`Nan AfÀ¯n. fUm`Êfm] IqXv F¶nt`¡v Wpjªn_§n. F³s_ ssNNant`¡v Af^p¶ fp`]psX fmwhaS Fs¶ FÃmw f_¶kWm¡n. F³s_ ssNNÄ B fp`]n AfÀ¶p. fp`N®v sI_pSm]n AfÀ¯nsNm*v Sn^n¨t¸mÄ sI_ns]m^p ho¡m^w Pwt¤¨n]n Wn¶p]À¶p. ASnsWm¸w F³s_ Np®s] ssNfp«psNm*v sM^n¨p. F³s_ C^p ssNNÄ sNm*v fp`Nsa sM^n¨fÀ¯\w F¶ps*¦n`pw B tSm¶`nsW f_¨v k¨v ASnsW bSps¡ St`mXnsNm*n^p¶p.

GNt±lw B tW^¯m\v ^hw sNmÃns] tbms` Inä M§Ä¡nX]nt`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WX¶p k¶Sv. Pwt¤¨n sbs«¶v F³s_ ssN¿v S«n fmän. Mm³ sb³ss{Zkv Np¯n tkP¯n WnkÀ¶p Wn¶p. Inä]psX Ip*n sI_ns]m^p PqZhvfnSw kn^n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

Mm³ bSps¡ S«pwbp_t¯¡v WX¶p. CWn fpS NX]psX b\n Njn]p¶ ks^ AknsX]m\tÃm NnX¸v. ^m{Sn]psX A´y]mf§an Pwt¤¨n Ss¶ AtWzgn¨v k¶o^ps¶¦n Cu S«pwbp_w H^p f\n]_]m¡mfm]n^p¶p. A§sW Hmt^m¶pw In´n¨v D¨]q®v Dtb£n¨v Mm³ Np_¨v tW^w f]§n.

GNtUlw sskNpt¶^fm]t¸mÄ Mm³ f]¡w kns«jpt¶äp. Smsj Inä]pw Pwt¤¨n]pw Fs´ms¡t]m koXv kntlg§Ä b_ªpsNm*n^n¡n¶p. MmWknsX¡v sI¶p.

“”….F´m N®m WnW¡v knls¸m¶pw CtÃ….Wo C^n…Inä tUml D*m¡mw….””.

CSv b_ªpsNm*v Inä AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. Ipf^nWXp¯v Ìqan C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ Pwt¤¨n NÅ N®n«v Fs¶ tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AVnNw sskNmsS Inä tUml]pw H¸w hmdm_pw Njn¡mWm]n sNm*pk¶p. Inä D*m¡p¶ hmdm_nWv Wà ^pIn]m]n^p¶p. FWn¡v Gäkpw {bn]s¸«Spw ASv Ss¶]m]n^p¶p.

“”…N®m Ngv\§Ä FXp¯v Njn¡v….””.

Inä fq¶mÃv fp^n§m¡m Ngv\§Ä bm{S¯nt`¡v knadn. hzStk NphrSn]m] Pwt¤¨n Ft´m b_]pkmWm]n F³s_ AXp¯pÅ Nth^]n k¶n^n¶v Mm³ Njn¡p¶Sv {l²mbqÀÆw tWm¡n]n^p¶p.

“”….Spahn]½m]o …CksW fp^n§¡m AVnNw Soän¸n¡*m….””.

Pwt¤¨n b_ªSv tN«v Inä N®psNm*v b_]tà F¶tb£n¨p. MmWSv N*pbnXn¨p.

“”….AsS´m Pwt¤¨n fp^n§¡m Njn¨mÂ….””.

hwPSn ssNkn«ptbms]¶v fWÊn`m¡n] Inä hq{S¯n AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. NÅ In^nt]msX Mm³ tUml Njn¡m³ B^wen¨p. Pwt¤¨n Fs¶ {l²n¨v H^p Nm C^n¡p¶ Nth^]n N]än k¨p. Ip^nUm_n³s_ CX]n`qsX Pwt¤¨n]psX SpX]psX hwPf ØmWw FWn¡v {Unlyfm]n. F³s_ N®pNÄ AkntX¡v Iqjv–¶n_§n. Wà k®fpÅ SpXNÄ¡v WXpkn knhvSm^tf_n] Nk N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v knNm^w AX¡m³ NjnªnÃ.

F³s_ tWm«w Sn^n¨_nª Pwt¤¨n Ip^nUmÀ tWs^]n«v Fs¶ N®p^p«n Nm\n¨p. F³s_ Wn^ml N*t¸mÄ B Ip*n sI_pSm]n In^n Pwt¤¨n]psX Ip*n kn^n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

Mm³ fp^n§m¡m Ngv\w FXp¯v km]]nt`¡n«v Dudp¶ tbms` Nm\n¨p. Pwt¤¨n sI_pSm]n S` sI^n¨v Inä k^p¶nÃs]¶v tWm¡n D_¸v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^p¯n B Ip*pNÄ hz]w NXn¨fÀ¯n. Mm³ F³s_ Wmkv bp_t¯¡n«v W¡p¶ ^oSn]n I`n¸n¨t¸mÄ In^n¨psNm*v kn^`pNÄ N{SnNtbms` bnXn¨v sNm*v fp_n¨v Na]pw F¶v Sm¡oSv tbms` Pwt¤¨n Sn^n¨pw BwPyw Nm\n¨p.

CSnWnX]n AXp¡a]n Wn¶v Inä k¶p. M§apsX BwPyknt£b\§Ä AkhmWn¨p.

“”…N®m Wo M§sa bpSn] NX¡m]n FXp¯ Ø`t¯¡v sNm*p tbmN\w….Pw¤]v¡v ASv N*mtà Fs´ms¡ sIt¿*sS¶pÅ Nm^y§Ä So^pfmWn¡m³ bäq…””.

“”…ASnsW´m Intä …W½p¡v tbmNmtÃm….””.

CSv b_ªpsNm*v Mm³ e£\w Njn¡Â WnÀ¯ns]jpt¶äp. fpjpk³ Njns¡Xm F¶v b_ªp Inä Fs¶ d`fm]n C^p¯n.

“”…F¶m Inä km^n Sm….F¶m Mm³ Njn¡mw….””.

“”…Cu sI_p¡sâ H^p Nm^yw….””.

Inä bSps¡ tUml sbm«n¨v F³s_ km]nt`¡v k¨v S¶p. Mm³ ASv ^hn¨v Njn¡Â SpXÀ¶p. CSnWnX]n Pwt¤¨n]psX tcm¬ AXn¨p. AkÀ f_pS`¡Â DÅ Bt^mtXm kÀ¡nsW Np_n¨v hwhm^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. hwhm^n¨v AkÀ AXp¯ fp_n]nt`¡v fm_n]t¸mÄ F¶n NphrSn kn^nªp. Mm³ tUml S¶ Inä]psX ssNkn^`pNÄ bnXn¨v Dudm³ SpX§n.

“”….N®m Pwt¤….””.

Inä ssNkn^`pNÄ k`n¡m³ tWm¡n. Mm³ d`fm]n B ssNb¯ns] bnXn¨v ASn³s_ Důn Wmkn³ Spdv k¨v SXkm³ SpX§n. C¡nan]m Inä NnX¶p bpaªp.

“”….. Inäs] NXn¨v Sn¶m³ tSm¶p¶p…..””

Mm³ bSns] Inä]psX A^s¡«nsâ C^p kl¯pw bnXn¨v tfl]nt`¡v– N]än C^p¯n. Wà em^fpÅ A^s¡«v FWn¡v fm{Sw sbm¡n k]v¡m³ hm²n¡nà F¶_n]mkp¶ Inä ASnsW hztfV]m D]À¯n him]n¨Sv Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯n. Mm³ ASn tkP¯n Inä]psX SpX¡nX]nt`¡v AkÀ¡vssN SX]m³ bäm¯ k®w ssNNÄ NX¯n.

“”…N®m Pw¤]p*v…tk*m….””.

Inä]psX N®ns` Atb£memkw b^nP\n¡msS Mm³ t]mWnSX¯n kn^ sSm«t¸mjm\v AkÀ sgZo V^n¨n«ntö hSyw Mm³ fWÊn`m¡p¶Sv. Wà fmÀ±kfpÅ t]mWnSX¯n F³s_ kn^`pNÄ {em´fm]n kn_¨p. Inä]psX l^o^w kÃmsS IqXm]n F¦n`pw Pw¤ Ft¸mÄ tk\sf¦n`pw k^msf¶Sn b^n{eft¯msX Inä ssN¿nsW S«nfmäm³ {lfn¨p.

“”…fSo …knXv…knXv……””.

bqän knNrSn Nm\n¡p¶ F³s_ ssN¯*]n bnXn¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Atb£m emkt¯msX Fs¶ tWm¡n.

NÅ In^nt]msX Mm³ B fim{bemkw DÄsNmÅp¶ sNmjp¯ bqän ANfmWw WnfngtW^w sNm*v DjpSv f_n¨p. lzmhw FXp¡m³ tbm`pw F³s_ sbm¶p Inä NãvXs¸«p. H^p bqknsW CSan bn¨n¨o´p¶ tbms`]pÅ AWpekfm]n^p¶p FWn¡t¸mÄ D*m]n^p¶Sv.

“”….N®m,..BAivi …N®m……””.

Inä NYnWfm]n kn]À¡pN]pw NnS¡pN]pw sI]vSp.

knNm^So{kS]n B bqän Wn¶pw sbmjn]p¶ sNmjp¯ skÅw ssNNan bp^*p.

“”…NÅo…..k¶p AsÃ…..””.

£o\¯m Inä ASy´nNw NnS¨v sNm*v In^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.

Mm³ Inä]psX bqän Wn¶pw ssNNÄ k`n¨v km]n k¨v ^pIn¨p. knIn{Sfm] ^pIn]pÅ fUK`s¯ Mm³ BhzUn¡p¶Sv N* Inä]psX N®pNÄ knNm^Sn^fm`Nam {b£pÏfm]n.

“”…tk*m…N®m…..tk*m…CsSms¡]mt\m km]n k]v¡ps¶…..””.

“”…. WÃ ^pIn ….””.

MmWSv b_ªt¸mÄ hSy¯n B fpOw ¹w bjw tbms`]pÅ Wn_kmÀ¶ Im]¯m Ipk¶v SpXp¯p. B kÀ®s¯ Ip*nWm SXkns]Xp¡pkmWm]n Wmkv S^n¨p. NphrSn kn^n]p¶ tka]n Mm³ H^p tUml]psX Ngv\w FXp¯v Inä]psX hm^n¡pÅn N¿n«p. B hf]¯v FWn¡v FknsXt¶m Nn«n] ssV^yw Nq«nWp*m]n^p¶p. ASnWm b^nbmkWfm] Inä]psX bqän H«nNnX¡p¶ B sNmjp¯ fUK`s¯ tUml]psX Ngv\¯n tNm^ns]Xp¯v Mm³ km]nt`¡v k¨p. hzmtUmsX Mm³ Ik¨^¨pNjn¡p¶Sv N* Inä knNm^¯m F³s_ Nknan WpÅn.

“”….Nų….NÅ N®³…..””.

“”…FWns¡¶m CSn sb^pfm_m³ bäpN….””.

“”…AsSm¶pw tk*m….N®m…C§sW]mt\¦n Mm³ tbmNptf…””.

“”….¹oÊv tbmNtà Intä….C§sWs]¦n`pw Mm³ Bl SoÀt¯ms«…””.

Wn^ml]pw ASntW¡mÄ Gs_ {bSyml]pw N`À¶v H^p knVfm] F³s_ fpOemkw N*o«v U] tSm¶n]SnWm`mNpw AkÀ tbmNmsSknsX Ss¶ Wn¶Sv. BUy DUyf¯n sI_pSm]n knK]n¨Sn kÃm¯ AWpeqSn]m]n^p¶p FWn¡t¸mÄ. F¦n`pw ASn^v kn«v Inä h½Sn¡nÃm F¶v FWn¡v D_¸pÅSnWm Mm³ AX§n.

AsS hf]¯m]n^p¶p Pwt¤¨n tcm¬ hwemg\w fpjpkn¸n¨v M§apsX AXpt¯¡v NX¶v k¶Sv. N¿n tUml]psX Ngv\w bnXn¨v Wn¡p¶ Inäs] Pwt¤¨n tWm¡n.

“”…A]v–….C{S k`n] Np«n]m]o«pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ct¸mjpw km^nsNmXp¡pN]mt\m….. im,,,C§sW km^nsNmXp¯v sNm*n^p¶m hf]w A§v tbmNpw…..W½p¡v NX]n tbmtNt*….???.

“”….Pwt¤¨n…Inä kÃt¸mjpfm\v FWn¡v km^n S^m_pÅSv….ASnsW Npj¸n¡tà F³s_ tbm¶p Pwt¤¨n….””.

“”…As¿Xm ….C¯n^ntNmaw tbm¶ Npªpkmk]tà ASnWv Wo…..””.

“”…Mm³ Npªpkmk]ms\¶v b_ Intä….””.

Mm³ k¡m`¯nWm]n Inäs] tWm¡nsNm*v H^p N¿m Aks^ Ipän¸nXn¨v AXp¸n¨p WnÀ¯n. Inä N¿n bnXn¨ tUml]psX Ng\w F³s_ km]nt`¡v k¨v S¶p.

“”….Hm ….N®Wv bän] Inä …iii …””

Pwt¤¨n In^n¨psNm*v F³s_ A^nNnt`¡v Wo§n. hm^n¡nX]n`qsX Inä]psX k]_n St`mXnsNm*n^p¶ Mm³ ASv WnÀ¯n.

“”…Aà CWn Pwt¤¨n¡pw Cu N®sW Du«\sf¦n Bkmw tNt«m….””.

“”….MmsWms¡ S¶m Wo Njnt¡m…””.

“”….S¶v tWm¡v …At¸mÄ A_n]mtÃm Njn¡ptfm Njn¡nsÃs]¶v…””.

Mm³ UzÀ°¯n b_ªSv Pwt¤¨n Nm^yfms]Xp¡psf¶v hzbvW¯nÂt¸m`pw Mm³ knIm^n¨SÃ. tUml]psX Ngv\w sbm«ns¨Xp¯t¸mjm\v hwPSn ssNkn«v tbms]¶v Inä¡pw fWÊn`m]Sv. Mm³ B tUml km]nt`¡v k]v¡p¶SnWnX]n Ak^psX kn^`n WmkpsNm*v Djnªp. Pwt¤¨n]psX N®pNan sI_n] Sna¡w Mm³ N*p.

“”…. N®m….Pwt¤,,,, W½p¡v bpSn] fp_n Nm\m³ tbmtNt* …..””.

Inä]m\v b_ªSv. fq¸¯n]mÀ¡v Pwt¤¨n FWn¡v tUml S^p¶Sv A{S¡pw bnXn¨nà F¶v tSm¶p¶p. Nn«nsNm*n^n¡p¶ St`mX`pNÄ WãvXsbXptfm F¶ e]tfm, AtSm F³s_ Nm^y§an AfnS Sm`vb^yw Nm\n¡p¶Sn ASrbvSn tSm¶p¶ ^£NÀ¯mknsâ fp³N^pSt`m.

“”…ASnWv Intä hf]w hÔy]m]otà …..””.

“”…hÔy]m]m F´m….W½p¡v bp_¯n_§n WX¶qsX…NqsX B¬Sp\]m]n Wo]p*tÃm….””.

Inä¡v Fs¶ sSm«v Wn¡p¶ Pwt¤¨n]psX Wn¸v bnXn¡m¯SnWmt`m Ft´m sI_n] CuÀgyt]msX]m\v b_ªSv. emPy¯nWv Pwt¤¨n¡v ASv fWÊn`m]nÃ.

“”….H¶mfSv hÔy]mkm_m]m Inä¡v N®v l^n¡pw bnXn¡nÃ…ASpw tbm^mªv bp_t¯¡pw tbmN\w…ASv tkt\m…””.

Mm³ sk_psS b_ªSms\¦n`pw H¸w Wn¡t\ F¶ ^oSn]n Mm³ Inä]psX ssN¯*]n WpÅn. F³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NpS{´w F´nWms\¶v Inä f\¯_nªp.

“”….SpaÊn]½m]n CSv ks^ tZmÎvXs_s]m¶pw N*ntÃ….””.

Cu sI_p {bm]¯n¯s¶ C§sW H^p AhpOtfm F¶ In´]n Pwt¤¨nAÛpSt¯msX Inäs] tWm¡n. F³s_ N®ns` U]Wo] emkw N*v Inä H^p Wnfngw AW§msS Wn¶p. hN` Culz^³fms^]pw knan¨v Ft´mtWm tk*n Mm³ {bmÀ°n¨p.

“”…Hm …H¶pw b_]* Pwt¤,…F{S tZmÎs_ N*p…Nm\n¡m¯ sskUy³fm^nÃ….FÃmk^pw b_]p¶Sv bm^dy^yfmt\¶m\v…””.

“”…SpaÊn]½m]n¡v At¸mÄ sskNo«v Nmjv¨ Wt¶ Np_kmt\m..””.

“”….hÔym]m Nmjv¨]psX Nm^yw tbm¡m…AXp¯pÅSv ks^ Wà f§`m\v… ASv tbms` Ss¶ tNjzn]pw….””.

F³s_ bn¨v tbXnt¨m AtSm F³s_ ]mIW DÄsNmt*m Inä B WmXN¯n tIÀ¶p.

“”….SpaÊn]½m]n¡v CknsX Wn¡p¶ Fs¶ l^n¡pw Nm\mtfm….””.

“”…Hm …H^p.. f§`mt\s¶….tbm^mt¯Wv…..tNjzn]pw Np_kpw…F´m b_]m….B knVn…AsSs¶…””.

Inä]psX b^nek¯n Pwt¤¨n hiSmb¯n A_n]msS fpNant`¡v tWm¡n. Culz^tWmXv– {bmÀ°W sImÃp¶ tbms`]pÅ Wn¸v N* FWn¡pw Inä¡pw In^n sbm«ns]¦n`pw NãvXs¸«p ASnsW H^pfmSn^n HSp¡n.

“”….Inä F³s_ Pwt¤¨ns] BsN shân]m¡n…””.

Blzhn¸n¡p¶ k®w hq{S¯n Mm³ Pwt¤¨n]psX A^]n bnXn¨v sN«nk^nªp F¶nt`¡v tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n.

Inä]psX Nmjv¨]v¡v f§Â Ds*¶pÅ ssV^y¯n Wà Np«n]m]n Pwt¤¨n F¶nt`¡v AX^msS AknsX Ss¶ Wn¶p. Mm³ bSps¡ Ak^psX Ip^nUm_n³s_ ÉnänWnX]nt`¡v SXknsNm*v ASn{Nfn¨v N]_n.

“”…Inä¡v MmWptÅmÅw Nm`w Cu NmjvI f§Ä H^p {blWtf AÃm…..””.

Mm³ WX¯p¶ WmXN¯nWv knlzmhS]psX AXnk^]n«v b_ªpsNm*v knNrSn Nm«m³ sNmSn¡p¶ kn^`pNÄ B

fnWpÊfpÅ s`¤n³Ênsâ fpNan`qsX sNmjp¯ SpXNsa SjpNn. Pwt¤¨n AW§msS Wn¶p. Mm³ IqtX_n] B SpXNan AfÀ¯n Djnªt¸mÄ Ft¶¡mÄ hpOw Pwt¤¨n¡m\v F¶ f«n AkÀ fq^nWnkÀ¯n.

hSy¯n Inä]psX Nmjv¨s] bän b_ªSv AkÀ kÃmsS knlzmhn¨o^n¡p¶p. ASnWm`mNmw F³s_ ssNkn^`pNtamXv Pws¤¨n kÃmsS hiN^n¡p¶Sv. MmWSv b^fmkVn fpS`m¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p.

F³s_ ssNkn^`pNÄ WÃ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv IqXv kfn¡p¶Pwt¤¨n]psX SpXNÄ AkhmWn¡p¶nXw ks^ F¯n. Pwt¤¨nbq_n³s_ fpNan AfÀ¯n SjpNnsNmXp¯p. AknsX Np_¨v tW^w kn{Nn]NÄ Nm\n¨SnWv tlgw kn^`pNsa A¸w sbm¡n. Pwt¤¨n]psX knlm`fm] PpUUzm^¯nt`¡m\v kn^s`¯n]Sv. H^p {bntSyN AWpeqSn]m]n^p¶p FWn¡t¸mÄ. ASns` kWyfm] IqXnt`¡v kn^`nsW knNm^t¯msX Np¯n]n_¡m³ Mm³ tWm¡n]Spw Pwt¤¨n A¸w fpNant`¡v sbm§nsNm*v NphrSnt]msX Hjnªpfm_n]Spw H¸fm]n^p¶p.

knNm^e^nSfm] Mm³ Inät]]pw Pwt¤¨ns]]pw C^p ssNNÄ sNm*v F¶nt`¡v k`n¨v fp_p¡n.C^pk^psX]pw I´nNÄ F¶nt`¡v AfÀ¶t¸mÄ Mm³ hzÀ¤¯n F¯n] AWpekfm]n^p¶p. AsS hf]¯v Ss¶ Mm³ hztdmV¯m D\^pN]pw sI]vSp.

“”…..^*p tbÀ¡pw Cu Ft¶mXv C{S¡pw hvtWifpt*m…..””.

Mm³ Nan]m]n tImUn¨psNm*v F¶n Wn¶pfp*m] knNm^ SÅo¨s] f_¡m³ tWm¡n.

AsS hf]¯v Ss¶]m\v Pwt¤¨n]psX tcm¬ AXn¨Sv. AkÀ AknsX Wn¶v Ss¶ hwhm^n¨p. hwPSn F³s_ St`mX AkÀ¡v Wt¶ tdmVn¨SnWm`m\v AW§msS AknsX Wn¶sS¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

Mm³ Ak^psX s`¤n³Ênsâ C`mÌn¡v ks^ ssNkn^ sNm*p tbm]n. bSps¡ kn]À¸v SpÅnNÄ sbmXnªp Wn¡p¶ Ws«Ãv AkhmWn¡p¶nX¯v bSps¡ SXkn. Pwt¤¨n s`¤n³Ênsâ C`mÌn¡nsâ CX]n`qsX Mm³ kn^`pNÄ C_¡n]t¸mÄ F¶ns` kn_] Ak^nt`¡pw bX^p¶Sm]n Mm³ N*p. ssNbmUw Smjp¶SnWSnWpÊ^n¨v Pwt¤¨n]psX s`¤n³Êpw Smjp¶p*m]n^p¶p. WnSwd¯nsâ sSm«v Smsjks^ Mm³ ASnsW Smjv–¯nsNm*v B CXp§n] Im`nt`¡v kn^`nsW k¨v Smtj¡pw fpNant`¡pfm]n SjpNn. kn]À¸n`qsX B kn^ sS¶nt¸mNq¶p*m]n^p¶p. PpUUzm^¯nWXp¯v k¨v kn^t`m¶v bnXªt¸mÄ Pwt¤¨n]psX tcm¬ hwemg\¯n kn_]`pw fp_n]`pw k¶ptbm]n. AknsXs¯ NW¯ IqXv Fs¶ Nmfe^nSfm¡n]p\À¯n. hwemg\w AkhmWn¡p¶p Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n] Wnfngw Mm³ Pwt¤¨n]psX s`¤n³ÊnsW bj] ØmW¯v {bSnãn¨v ssNNÄ hzS{´fm¡n.

“”…B^m Pwt¤¨n tcm\nÂ…..””.

“”…AtSm….Mm³ F³s_ h-vNq«n k*n]n N]än knXm³ b_ªo^p¶p. bj] sshän Wn¶pw Wm«nt`¡v tbmNp¶ b\n¡mÀ k*ns] ASv NX]psX fp¶n k¨o«pt*¶v b_]m³ knan¨Sm…..W½Ä Cs¶§mWpw NX]nt`¡v tbmNp¶pt*m…..Ds*¦n AsSXp¡mfm]n^p¶p…””.

“”…Wmsa tbm]m tbms^ Pwt¤¨n…..””.

Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fXnt]msX b_ªp. hSy¯n FWns¡m^p km\w AXn¡\fm]n^p¶p. ASnWm`m\v Mm³ Dtb£ b_ªSv. bs£ Inä F³s_ ssN¯*]n Pwt¤¨n Nm\msS bn¨n.

“”….N®m….Unkʧanà tNt«m….NX]psX b\n sbs«¶v Ss¶ SpX§t*….””.

“”…..l^n]m SpaÊn]½m]n ….Cu kÀ¡v SoÀ¯o«v tk\w Wm«n H¶p tbmNm³….F´m]m`pw Ø`w H¶p N*v Na]mw….””.

Pwt¤¨n bSps¡ AXp¡a]pw NX¶v bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n WX¶p. tXm]ns`äv `£yfm¡n]m]n^p¶p Ak^psX WX¯w. A¸w SnXp¡w N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v sI_pSm]n In^n k¶p. Inä]pw sI_pSm]n In^n¨p.

“”….Intä …Pwt¤¨n kn^`nXm³ tbm]SmNptfm ??…AtSm l^n¡pw l¦ k¶tSmt*m….???. Mm³ tbm]n tWm¡t\m…???””.

“”….F´m]m`pw ASv Pw¤ tWm¡nt¡mapw…..F´m Wn³s_ Ca¡w….Hanªv tWm¡mWm emkw….???.

“”…B^pw H¶pw Nm\n¨v S^p¶nÃtÃm….bns¶ F´m sI¿pN…””.

Mm³ AÀ°w k¨v Inäs] tWm¡n. Mm³ Dt±ln¨Sv F´ms\¶v bqÀ®fm]pw fWÊn`ms]¦n`pw A_n]m¯ tbms` f¨nt`¡v tWm¡nsNm*v Wn¶v.

“”…N®m f¨n`msN sfm¯w fm_md`m\tÃm…..””.

Inä kng]w fmämWm]n b_ªp. FWn¡ms\¦n sI_pSm]n tUzgyw N]_n k^pN]pw sI]vSp.

“”….BUyw Inä Nm`nsâ CX]ns` fm_md` Na]v….Mm³ tk\sf¦nÂ…””.

Fs¶ fpjpkWm¡pw fpt¶ Inä F³s_ km] sbm¯n. Pwt¤¨n Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tN«§mWpw k^ptfm F¶ e]fm]n^n¡pw Inä]psX fWÊn Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n.

“”…hft]mw …Nmt`mw tWm¡msS sI_p¡³s_ Hmt^m kÀ¯fmWw….””.

hSy¯n Inä FWn¡v kj§n S^nà F¶v N«m]w b_]pN]ms\¦n FÃmw Dtb£n¨v bn³fm_mfm]n^p¶p. Ft´m Inä AsSm«v– b_]p¶nà SmWpw. Fs¶ sNmSn¸n¨v Np^§pNan¸n¡pN]mt\m In` UpÀd`fm] Wnfng§an tSm¶psf¦n`pw bqÀ®fm]n A§sW knlzhn¡mWpw {b]mÊfm]n^p¶p. F´m]m`pw Pwt¤¨n]n FWn¡pÅ hfobW¯n sI_pSm]n AWpemkw Nm\n¡p¶p*v F¶Sm\v Ct¸mÄ DÅ H^mlzmhw.

“”…Intä….””.

Inä]psX kn^`pNsa Mm³ F³s_ Ip*n Wn¶v fmän sbmÅn] ssNNan C« Sp\n]psX sN«n Mm³ St`mXn.

“”…³s_ tbm¶p Intä….””.

“”…Dw….””.

A¸w NÅ bn\¡ hz^¯n Inä fqan.

“”…IntäsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm`nsâ CX]ns` t^mf§sam¶pw skt«*m tNt«m….””.

“”…Cs¸m F´v bän C§sW b_]m³….””.

“”…. AÃm CWn….kÃt¸mjpw Nm\n¨v S^\sf¶v Inä¡v F§mWpw tSm¶pN]ms\¦n FWn¡v Nm\mtÃm…???””.

“”…As¿Xm sI¡sâ H^p bqSn N*ntÃ…..A§sW b`Spw F¶n D*mNpw…AtSmÀ¯v N®m Wo sk_psS UnkmhzbvWw Nm\m³ Wnt¡*m…..Rm…….””.

“”…H^n¡`pw Nm\n¨v S^nÃ….Cu N®Wv H^n¡`pw Inä]psX ASv Nm\n¨v S^nà AsÃ….At¸mÄ At{S DÅq Inä¡v Ft¶mXpÅ hvtWiw…..””.

“”…hvtWifnà Fs¶m¶pw Mm³ b_ªnÃ….””.

“”…As¸m Inä Nm\n¨v S^ptfm…Ct¸mjÃ…bn¶oXv Ft¸msj¦n`pw fSo…””.

“”…Dw….””

Inä fqan]Sv F³s_ fWÊn AtWNw H`nNam]n {bN¼Ww sNmÅn¨p. Mm³ Inä]psX A^s¡«n k«¯n bnXn¨v k]_n Ipwdn¨p. Nmfw Sn^]na¡n k^p¶ tW^fm]n^p¶SnWm Mm³ Inä]psX hm^n A¸w fmXn fmänsNm*v AÀ² WPvWfm] k]_nsâ b^¸n Ip*pNÄ hvtWi hÃmbfm]n D^Ên.

“”…DÆvÊvÊvN….””

NYnWfm] hpO¯m Inä fÀ½^fp]À¯n lzmhw DÅnt`¡v k`n¨p. SqskÅ tbms`]pÅ knhvSm^tf_n] B SpXp¯ k]À NX`ns` tk`n]n_¡w tbms` DÅnt`¡v k`nªp. hm^n¡p¯nWpw fmUNfm] k]_nWpw CX]n ^qbs¸« CXWmjn]n`qsX Hanªv NnX¡p¶ sbm¡nÄ bmSn Nm\mWm]n. ftWmim^nS Wn_ª sbm¡nan³s_ Wn_Nmjv¨¡m]n F³s_ fWÊv kÃmsS SpXn¨p,

k]À DÅnt`¡v AfÀ¶nÀ¶n^n¡p¶ Inä]psX hm^nNp¯n bnXn¨v Mm³ AÂbwNqXn Smtj¡v Smjv–¯n. H^p S^¯n`pw knt^mVw Nm\n¡msS Inä AW§msS Wn¶Sv F¶n AÛpSfp*m¡n. hzÀ® A^ªm®w A\nª B k]ÀSXw ftWmim^nS]psX kÀ®NmjvINÄ FWnt¡Nn.

ivtim ….F´v hp´^fm] k]À¯Xw.

F³s_ Np«³ hX NpXªv– Fjpt¶äp. Nmf¯m F³s_ Ip*pNÄ kn_¨v Inä]psX k]_n sSm«p NnX¡p¶ hzÀ® A^ªm\¯nsâ fpNan`qsX CjªpsNm*v ASn³s_ S\p¸nsW WpNÀ¶p. kn]À¸n³s_ {bntSyN PÔfm]n^p¶p B hzÀ® A^ªm\¯nWv. Fsâ]pw Inä]psX]pw lzmhsfXp¡Â DJØmWn]n F¯n. F¶pw FWn¡v hvtWiw fm{Sw bNÀ¶v S¶ hp´^n Inä]psX sbm¡nÄ Npjn]psX fmhvf^oNS Fs¶ kÃm¯ knVw A^ªm\¯n Wn¶pw B fimUzm^¯nt`¡v fmXn knan¨p. DÅns` sI_n] N_p¯ sbm«pNÄ FWn¡m]n fm{Sw ^pIn¡m³ D*mNs¸«Sms\¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡v tSm¶n. NYnWfm] GtSm ^pIn BhzUn¡m³ Umin¡p¶ F³s_ WmknsW FWn¡X¡m³ Njn]nÃ. Wmkn sNmSnskÅw Wn_]p¶p.

skap¯v SpXp¯v F´ntWm tk*n DÄk`nªp Wn¡p¶ k]_ns` ftWmim^nS Wn_ª sbm¡nan Mm³ hin¡mWmkmsS Ipwdn¨p.

“”..fpivivivivi….””.

Inä Np_pNn.

WmknsW bSps¡ C_¡n Inä]psX tbm¡nanWN¯v sI_pSm]n D^Ên]t¸mÄ Inä knNm^w hin¡m³ k¿msS lzmhw DÅnt`s¡Xp¯p. k]À bqÀÆ^qb¯n Wn_ªv Wn¶t¸mÄ sbm¡nÄ ASn³s_ b^fmkVn]n knXÀ¶p. Inä]psX sbm¡nan Wn¶pw f\w SpXn¡p¶ shu^yeyw D]À¶p sbm§n. F³s_ fq¡pw Wmkpw f\¯nWm]pw ASntW¡mÄ ASns` NmfmßNS Wn_ª kWyfm] ^pIn¡m]pw b^hvb^w sbm^pSn.

C^p kn^`nWm B k« Nn\_nsW knXÀ¯n H^p tWm¡v tWm¡n. sI_n] t^mf§Ä bXÀ¶v Wn¡p¶p¶SnWnX]n Np_¨v sS½mXn t^mf§Ä S`]p]À¯nsNm*v Cãs¸Xm¯ k®w Fs¶ Sp_n¨v tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. hvtWi WnVn]m] Inä]psX knXÀ¯n] sbm¡nan Mm³ WmknsW SjpNn]n_¡n. sS½mXn t^mf§Ä Wn_¡p¶ APmSS]n H^p NqX¡pÅn bm¼nj]p¶ tbms` B A´^ma§an Wn^¡n]t¸mÄ Inä]psX lzmhPSn knIn{Sfm]n D]À¶p sbm§n.

“”….³s_ N®m…..””.

Inä knNm^e^nS]m]n. k« Nn\_nWpÅnsà IqXv bSns] F³s_ Wmkn bXÀ¯p¶ knIn{Sfm] S\p¸v F¶n {em´fm] AkØ]n F¯n¨p. Mm³ WmknsW b^fmkVn làn]n B SpXp¯ PÀ¯¯n³s_ APmSS]n sbs«¶v AfÀ¯n. Inä¡v ASv W¶m]n hpOn¨p. B hf]w Mm³ WmknsW kWyfm]n D^ÊnsNm*v Inä]psX k]_nWv C^p klkpw sM^p¡n.

“”….³s_ N®m….Òvf im ….””.

AfnSfm] hpO b^ntkg¯m Inä]n Wn¶p]À¶ ho¡m^w Fs¶ f¯v bnXn¸n¨p. IqXv bnXn¨v k^p¶ fim sbm¡nan³s_ ANw fpjpk³ BNmw£t]msX W¡nsNmXp¡m³ F³s_ fWw sk¼n. Mm³ ASnWm]n ASnWNw Ipjän]Xn¨p. knNm^knkl]m]n Inä Fs´ms¡t]m b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. B knIn{Sfm] emg FWn¡v fWÊn`m¡m³ kas^ {b]mÊs¸s«¦n`pw F³s_ {bkÀ¯n hvtWi¯n³ bq¦mkWfm] sbm¶p Inä]n AWpeqSn]m]n ka^p¶ Nm^yw Fs¶ ht´mgs¸Xp¯n. Mm³ sbm¡nÄ Npjns] bqÀ®fm]pw SpXs¨Xp¯v– WmknsW bp_t¯¡v k`n¨v ^pIn¨p.

“”…Jv¨o …Cu NÅ N®³s_ H^p Nm^yw. …A¸Xn kr¯ntNXm N®m….³s_ N¿n³s_ tNm`w N*ntÃ…f^ymU]v¡v Npan¨o«p tbm`pfnÃ…””

Inä sNm©nsNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sbmÅn] ssN¿n sN«n k¨ Sp\ns¡«v D]À¯n Nm\n¨p.hSy¯n ASv N*t¸mÄ F¶ns` Nmfw AX§pN]pw hvtWi¯nsâ b^ym]fm] Inä]psX AkØ]n hiSmbw sNmÅqN]pw sI]vSp. F³s_ fpOw fm_p¶Sv N*v– Inä Fs¶ St`mXn.

“”…kngfnt¡*m …CsSÃmw Np_¨v UnkÊwsNm*v fm_ntÃ…””.

Fs¶ Blzhn¸n¡mWm]n Inä sfmjnªp. F¶n NpätdmVw Wn_sªmjpNn. F³s_ N®pNÄ WWªp. F¶ns` emkfmäw Inäs]]pw H^pbmXv kngfn¸ns¨¶v- B fpO¯n Wns¶Wn¡v km]ns¨Xp¡m³ Njnªp.

“”…¨nsä ….Mm³..Mm³ …Inä]psX Cu AkØ]n F³s_ hpO¯nWv tk*n…””.

km¡pNÄ Nn«msS Mm³ knNm^e^nSWm]n. Inä F³s_ S`fpXn]n SjpNn Ss¶ C^p¶p.

“”…N®m WnW¡v fm{SfÃtÃm….FWn¡pw hpOw Nn«p¶ntÃ…””.

“”…Dw…””

WnÀknNm^St]msX Mm³ sk_psS fqan.

“”…Inä b_]p¶Sv WnW¡v fWÊn`mNp¶pt*m …””.

“”…D*v ¨ntä …FWn¡nt¸mÄ Fs´ms¡t]m sI¿\w F¶p*v…””.

“”…Fs´ms¡t]m ??? “”.

Inä AÛpS¯m Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“”…AsS…FWn¡v Inäs] {ln{lpgn¡\w….F´m sIt¿t* Fs¶m¶pw A_n]nÃ…Wmsa fpS AXp¡a b\n Mm³ sI¿mw..Ctàtk*m…e£\w W½p¡v emh-vN^³ Wm]^psX tim«`n Wn¶v k^p¯n¡mw….NX]psX b\ns]ms¡ SpX§pN]tÃ…ASv fSn…AÃmsS Cu ssN k¨v Inä H¶pw D*m¡*m…””.

Mm³ D]À¶p k¶ Inät]mXpÅ hvtWi¯n Fs´ms¡t]m b_ªp. b_ªp NjnªSv F´ms\¶v HmÀ¡m³ tbm`pw bäp¶nÃ. kÃm¯ AkØ]n Mm³ Ipjn]nÂs¸«ksW tbms` k«w Sn^nªp.

“”…Mm³ …Mm³ tWm¡nt¡mamw F³s_ Inäs]….tbm¶p tbms` tWm¡ns¡mamw….””.

“”…³s_ N®m….””.

hvtWi¯m Inä F³s_ fqÀ²mkn Ipwdn¨pWn¶p. F³s_ A´^wPw B bkn{Sfm] hvtWi¯m Kz`n¨p.

“”….Cu Inä]psX hvtWiw F¶pw FWn¡v tk\w…A{S¡pw hvtWiWnVn]m\v F³s_ Inä….””.

Mm³ Inä]psX k]_n St`mXnsNm*v b_]ptdmÄ F³s_ N®pWoÀ Vm^]m]n HjpNp¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”….Cu Inä F¶pw b^nlp²]m]n Ss¶ Nm\\w….Cu l^o^kpw…””.

“”….ASnWv Mm³ sSsäm¶pw sI]vSo«nÃtÃm….””.

Mm³ Inä]psX k]_n Wn¶v fpOfp]À¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªSnWv D¯^fm]n Inä f_p tImUyfm\v D¶]n¨Sv.

“”…Inä sSäv sI]vSp G¶v Mm³ b_tªm….CÃtÃm….””.

Mm³ F´nWm\v Inät]msX A§sW tImUn¨sS¶pw AkÀ ASnWv f_pbXn b_ªSv F´pt±ln¨o«ms\¶pw At¶^w FWn¡v kyàfm]nÃ.

“”…N®m….W½Ä ^f\ns]X¯n]psX KWm`]n`qsX Hanªp tWm¡n]Smt\m…???.

Inä sI_pSm]n b^n{efn¨v Ft¶mXv B^mªp.

kng]w ssNkn«p tbms]¶v fWÊn`m¡n] Mm³ kng®Wm]n Inäs] tWm¡n. Inä ko*pw Fs´ms¡t]m Bt`mIn¨v b_]m³ SpWn]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ H¶nWpw SXªnÃ. FÃmw Sp_¶v b_ªp NmÀtfQw B fWÊn Wns¶mjnªp fm_s« F¶v- MmWpw knIm^n¨p.

“”…Wo b_ª N¼nNp«³ sshäv Mm³ km]nt¨m*mt\m …AtSm…W½Ä S½nÂ….””.

Inä]psX km¡n bmSn km¡pNÄ Np^p§n.

Mm³ Inäs] F¶nt`¡v k`nªpfp_p¡n. Ak^psX WXpw bp_¯v Mm³ bSps¡ St`mXn. hvtWiw Spapdp¶ F³s_ St`mX`n Inä]psX lzmhw tWs^]mkp¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp.

“”….F¶pw Inäs] FWn¡v tk\w F¶p fm{Stf Mm³ Dt±lns¨ …. H^p Nm^yw Ct¸mjpw f^ymU¡v b_]m³ A_n]nà F¶ Nm^yw Inä¡v A_n]mftÃm….Dt±ln¨Sv Ft´m b_ªSv ASn`pw Ft´m…””.

Mm³ Inä]psX fpOt¯¡v sSäv bäns]¶ ^oSn]n tWm¡n. F³s_ fpOemkw N*o«v Inä]n In^n bXÀ¶p.

“”…ivtim…³s_ tUkn….C§sWs]m^p b^o£\w tk*o^p¶nÃ….””

Inä In^n¨v sNm*v Blzhn¨p. Mm³ At¸mjpw N®v fnjn¨v Inäs] Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Inä]n F³s_ emkw ASnt`s_ NphrSn kn^o¨p.

“”…³s_ … WÃ Kok³ NaªtÃm N®m Wo….Rm AsSms¡ tbms« Wo l^n¡pw F´m b_]m³ Dt±lns¨…???””.

Wn_kmÀ¶ In^nt]msX Inä Fs¶ tWm¡n.

F´m\v b_t]*sS¶_n]msS Mm³ Npjªp. fWÊn`pÅSv b_ªm Inä CWn F´v b_]pw F¶Sv Fs¶ kÃmsS Npj¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

BkÀ¯n¨pÅ F´m\v Nm^yw F¶ Inä]psX BwPy¯nWv D¯^fm]n b_]mWm]n Mm³ sSm* WW¨p. Inä]psX bqÀ®fm] {l² F¶nt`¡v bSnªp. Wnld²S A´^o£¯n bXÀ¶p. Mm³ b_]m³ tbmNp¶ Nm^yw kas^]VnNw BNmw£t]msX {lkn¡mWm]n Inä Ak^psX NmSv NqÀ¸n¨p. ftWmi^fm] sWän¯Xw D]À¶v sbm§n.

“”…¨ntä ….Wmsa Inäs] Mm³ Npan¸nt¨mamw…..””.

“”…tR…””.

“”…CtÃÂ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Inä]psX f^p¶v k¨ Ø`w WW]pw…tZmÎvXÀ WW¡^psS¶p b_ªo«pÅStÃ….””.

Mm³ Hä lzmh¯n b_ªp SoÀ¯p.

CSv tN« Inä k`n] lЯn In^n¨p. bmkw In^n]psX BVyNy¯m k]À sbs«¶v AfÀ¯n]m\v In^n¨p sNm*n^p¶Sv. Inä kÃt¸mjpfm\v C§sW In^n¡m_pÅSv.

“”…ivtim….Wn³s_ H^p Nm^yw…In^n¨v fWpgysâ k]_p sNmap¯n bnXn¨p …. CWn In^n¸n¨m fWpgy³s_ fq{Sw tbmNpfmtÃmXm….””.

Inä F³s_ sIknbnXn¨v Sn^pdnsNm*v bSps¡ b_ªp. F³s_ N®pNÄ ASv tN«v knXÀ¶p.

“”…A§sW k¶m Mm³ SpX¨v kr¯n]m¡pw….””.

“”…Hm…bns¶…fpä¯v NnX¡p¶ ¹mkn` tbm`pw fmän]nXm¯kWm SpX¨v kr¯n]m¡ps¶….””.

BUyfm]n C¯^w Nm^y§Ä Ft¶mXv b_]p¶SnWm B b_¨n`n³s_ AkhmWw Inä]ns` In^n bmSn fmªp SpX§n.

“”…Mm³ kr¯n]m¡pw….Cu Wmtkm*v….””.

Mm³ Wmkv Wo«nNm\n¨p. F¶ns` Uz]mÀ°{bt]mPw fWÊn`m¡n] Inä F³s_ sIkn AfÀ¯n Sn^n¨v sbm¶m¡n.

“”..B N¼nNp«Wns` NT km]n¨v sI_p¡³ skX¡m]o….””.

Inä F³s_ sIkn]n Wn¶v Ak^psX kn^`pNsa FXp¯v Sn^nªp WX¡m³ tWm¡n. Mm³ B ssNNant`m¶nsW d`fm]n bnXn¨v Inäs] F¶nt`¡v k`n¨p. H^p bpgv¸w tbms` Inä F¶ns`¡fÀ¶p.

“”…F³s_ Inäs] skX¡m¡mWtà AsSms¡ km]n¡m³ b_ªSv… CWn F´nWm CsSms¡ bnXn¨v k]v¡ps¶….FÃmw W½p¡v BhzUn¡t*….””.

“”..Hm….sI_p¡³s_ H^p bqSn N*ntÃ…..””.

“”…hSyw b_ … B N¼nNp«Wns` NTNÄ km]n¡ptdmÄ Ft¸msj¦n`pw ko*pw ko*pw km]n¡m³ tSm¶m_pt*m …????.””.

“”….Dw…””.

Inä hSyhÔfm]n fqan.

“”….As¸m skX¡mkm³ F³s_ Inä¡v CãvXmtÃ.. NÅo ..???.

“”….H¶v tbmXm….””.

NÅ In^nt]msX Inä F¶n Wn¶pw Wm\¯m AN¶p.

“”…Wmsa Mm³ Inäs] Npan¸n¨v S^mt«ym…””.

Inä]psX fpOw tIm^ kmÀt¶mjpNp¶ tbms`]m]n. Mm³ bSps¡ Fjpt¶äv B Wn_kmÀ¶ fmXN¯zs¯ fm_nt`¡v ImÀ¯mWm]n Fjpt¶äp. F³s_ Dt±lw fWÊn`m¡n] Inä Bªp lzhn¨p. Ak^psX Ip*pNÄ kn_¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpX§n.

AsS hf]¯m]n^p¶p Pwt¤¨n tXm]vs`än Wn¶n_§p¶Sn³s_ hqIW S^p¶ tbms` tZm_n³s_ N^ N^ lÐw tN«Sv.

Mm³ ssNNÄ bn³k`n¨v AknsX Ss¶]n^p¶p. Inä]psX N®pNan Wn^mlt]m AtSm ftätSm knNm^fmNp¶ Ft´m Sna§p¶Sv Mm³ N*p.

Pwt¤¨n ssNNans` skÅw Sq¯v NaªpsNm*v DÅnt`¡v N]_n k¶p. MmWnt¸mjpw t¹än³s_ fp¶n Ss¶ C^n¡p¶Sv N* AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“”…CSv ks^ Njn¨v NjnªntÃ…””.

Fs¶ Nan]m¡nsNm*v Pwt¤¨n DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ bSps¡ Inä]psX AXpt¯¡v Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ ASv fWÊn`m¡n] Inä Ak^psX bp_Nn`qsX fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n.

Mm³ bm{Sw NjpNn k¨v DÅnt`¡v tbmNptdmÄ bpSn] NX]nt`¡v tbmNmWm]n Inä khv{Sw fm_pN]m]n^p¶p. hm^n bNpSn]nt`s_ Inä DXp¯v Njnªn^p¶p. AkhmWw hm^n]psX Np¯v DÅnt`¡nXm³ k¿msS Npjªp Wn¡p¶ Inäs] Mm³ tWm¡n.

“”…F´m Mm³ hm^n DXn¸n¨v S^t\m ???.””.

Inä]psX N«n`n C^p¶psNm*v Mm³ tImUn¨p. Mm³ tImUn¨t¸mÄ N®p^p«n Inä Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ In^n¨t¸mÄ bj]sSt´m HmÀ¯k®w Inä]pw In^n¨p. B hf]¯m]n^p¶p Pwt¤¨n fp_n]nt`¡v NX¶v k¶Sv. M§apsX In^nN*v F´m Nm^yw F¶v Ft¶mXv BwPy¯n tImUn¨p.

“”….H¶qà Pwt¤¨n….Inä¡v Mm³ hm^n DXp¸n¨v S^t\m¶v tImUn¨Sm.. ASnWm NnX¶v In^n¡pt¶….””.

“”…ASnWv N®Wv hm^n DXp¸n¡m³ A_n]ptfm ??””.

Pwt¤¨n AÛpSt¯msX Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. Ak^psX tImUykpw fpOemkkpw N* M§an ko*pw In^n sbm«n.

“”…Pwt¤ …Ak³ Fs¶ Nan]m¡p¶StÃ….””.

Inä ASv b_ªp In^n¨p. M§apsX H¸w In^n¨p sNm*v Pwt¤¨n Inä]psX hm^n]psX Np¯v l^n]m¡n sNmXp¯p. Mm³ bSps¡ {ZÊv– fm_mWm]n F³s_ fp_n]nt`¡v k¶p.

gÀ«pw fp*pw FXp¡mWm]n A`fm^ Sp_¡p¶ hf]¯m\v Pwt¤¨n AknsX fm_n]n« Ak^psX sgZo N*Sv. Inä]psX sgZo]n fUK`¯n³s_ sNmjp¸v f\¸n¨v km\fXn¨ hpOw fWÊn N«¡v Saw sN«n NnX¡p¶SnWm Pwt¤¨n]psX sgZos] sk_psS knXm³ FWn¡v fWÊv k¶nÃ.

Mm³ fp_n]psX kmSn AX¨v Npän]n«p.

bSns] Sn^nsN k¶v kn_]v¡p¶ ssN¿m Pwt¤¨n]psX Ip^p*v NnX¡p¶ NXpw IµW NaÀ AXnkhv{SsfXp¯v WnkÀ¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n. Sp\n]ns` WWkv B{cn¡³ k³ N^]psX eqbXw tbms` bXÀ¶v NnX¡p¶p. Mm³ ASnsWs]Xp¯v F³s_ fpO¯nW^nNnt`¡v sNm*v k¶p.

Wà fq{SNp¯v AWpeks¸Xp¶ NXnWPÔw. CSnWv C{S]pw Nmf¯nsâ {SÊn¸n¡Â Ds*¦n F´m]n^n¡pw B bq_v. HmÀ¯t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡v Nmf¯nsâ Nj¸v N]_n.

“”….Xm …N®m tbmtNt*….””.

Inä]psX knan Fs¶ B hzbvWmXW¯n Wn¶p\À¯n. Mm³ tkPw khv{Sw fm_n. fWÊn ^*v hp´^nNsa BW]n¡m³ tbmNp¶p F¶ In´]pw.

FWn¡v hz]w AenfmWw tSm¶n D±^n¨v Wn¡p¶ F³s_ N¼nNp«sW HmÀ¯v . Mm³ bSps¡ kmSn Sp_¶v bp_t¯¡n_§n.

( SpX^pw ) – AXp¯ emPw DX³ þ

km]W¡ms^….. sbs«s¶m¶pw Nan WX¡nÃ. kÀg§am]n AX¡nk¨Sv FÃmw H^p UnkÊwsNm*v Np¯ns]m`n¡nÃtÃm…B {bkmi¯nWm]n Wn§sa tbms` MmWpw Nm¯n^n¡p¶p.